ghost of miles Posted July 7, 2020 Report Share Posted July 7, 2020 1 hour ago, Bluesnik said: That must be an interesting boxset. When was it released? Is it still available? I realize Jazzbo already answered your question--I snagged it a few years ago when the Fantasy box-sets were turning up online as cutouts at bargain prices, and when I was going through a period of new appreciation for such anthologies. It's an excellent overview of the label, with good historical notes by Richard S. Ginell, and really shows the range of so-called "West Coast jazz," at least as recorded by Lester Koenig. Well worth picking up if found for a reasonable price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B. Goren. Posted July 8, 2020 Report Share Posted July 8, 2020 Thelonious Monk, solo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluesnik Posted July 8, 2020 Report Share Posted July 8, 2020 23 hours ago, jazzbo said: It was released in 2004 and is out of print as all the Fantasy titles released before Concord are. It can be had cheaply though in the used market. Thanks Jazzbo and Ghost of Miles. So there's some hope of finding it. Will chase it, although I have many Contemporaries. But a whole label history really must be something, even if some duplication arises out of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted July 8, 2020 Report Share Posted July 8, 2020 Check out discogs.com Bluesnik, some possibilities there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bluesnik Posted August 15, 2020 Report Share Posted August 15, 2020 58 minutes ago, B. Goren. said: ch I I've got that same picture in a reissue of Ascenseur pour l'echaffaud, Jeanne Moreau playing one of the main roles in the film, which I've seen several times as it's a personal favorite, just as the album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B. Goren. Posted August 15, 2020 Report Share Posted August 15, 2020 21 minutes ago, Bluesnik said: I've got that same picture in a reissue of Ascenseur pour l'echaffaud, Jeanne Moreau playing one of the main roles in the film, which I've seen several times as it's a personal favorite, just as the album. A real classic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JSngry Posted August 29, 2020 Report Share Posted August 29, 2020 Wow, that was one tightly-wound motherfucker! He's one of the few (and maybe the only, at least to these extent) people I can listen to and the deeper I engage, the less I "feel". And yet I keep listening. On this set, it would be easy to credit the superb rhythm sections, but it's not like he's getting led or otherwise being subordinated by them. Quite the contrary, what he's putting out and the way they're respond without getting in the way (and vice-versa) is nothing short of masterful. And when I say "tightly wound", i don't mean "tense" or otherwise uncomfortable, it's just that, for me, with damn near everybody else, you start with what you hear on the surface, and then you can both outward and inward. With Art Pepper,, I don't know how much you can go in either direction ("outward" for damn near anybody worth their salt, "inward" for those who have real substancemeat). But it's not monotonic either, there's a lot of detail (and oh BTW, is it just me, or was this cat one of the most in-tune alto players ever?), it's just....tightly wound. And these are fine, fine records, all five of them. I do gotta laugh at the liner notes, though. Ron Carter gets told to "lay out" until cued, and Ron Carter does the early-late 20th Century equivalent of checking his cell phone, knowing full and damn well that he can hit anybody's cue at anybody's time, and apparently that's causes a psychodrama . And apparently a psychodrama that carried over to the liner notes/track listings, but cause, oh, there IS that slow version of "Yesterdays" on here after all, and the personnel listing for all the various outtakes of that session is, uh, "erratic". So wow, Ron Carter could be aloof, maybe even vibe somebody. Wow, who knew? Dude plays on 50 bajillion records a week and checks his cell phone while waiting for a cue. LOL!!!! More speculative - it seems to me that "My Friend John" has it's roots, its basic formative roots, nothing more - in "All The Things You Are"? Certainly not a derivative or a contrafact, but between the opening variant on Bird's (Dizzy's?) Rachmaninoff -derived intro, to the first little bit of changes (after which it goes it's own way), anybody else hear that? Maybe it's just coincidence. It's a nice cone if it is! Reread the initial thread about this set, and people were on the fence about if they have the complete Galaxy set do I need this for the alternates and others were like well, I don't have the complete Galaxy set so maybe this is just right for me, and I'm kind of in the middle - I bought some of the Galaxy LPs back in the day, and other than getting the complete VV set (ELVIN!!!!!) that has been ok with me, enough for that. But this one is just right for me. I certainly like Pepper, but don't "lvove" him the way some people do. This box expands my existing AP collection without bulging it. Glad I bought it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluesnik Posted August 30, 2020 Report Share Posted August 30, 2020 Today more than ever! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted August 30, 2020 Report Share Posted August 30, 2020 Yesterday: Discs 1 and 30 from the batch accompanying Allen Lowe's book “Turn Me Loose White Man” Or: Appropriating Culture: How to Listen to American Music 1900-1960 http://allenlowe.com/books Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jcam_44 Posted September 21, 2020 Report Share Posted September 21, 2020 Jonas Kullhammar - The Half Naked Truth (disc 1) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted October 16, 2020 Report Share Posted October 16, 2020 The bonus disc of Stepping Stone material from the Woody Shaw Complete Columbia Albums set. I have the Mosaic CBS set and the Stepping Stone CD reissue, but I really wanted the additional Village Vanguard sides. Did Michael Cuscuna ever say why they didn't expand beyond the studio-only concept and include all of the live recordings on the CBS box? I think it would have increased the size to five CDs at most. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub Modal Posted October 16, 2020 Report Share Posted October 16, 2020 On 8/29/2020 at 2:44 PM, JSngry said: Wow, that was one tightly-wound motherfucker! He's one of the few (and maybe the only, at least to these extent) people I can listen to and the deeper I engage, the less I "feel". And yet I keep listening. On this set, it would be easy to credit the superb rhythm sections, but it's not like he's getting led or otherwise being subordinated by them. Quite the contrary, what he's putting out and the way they're respond without getting in the way (and vice-versa) is nothing short of masterful. And when I say "tightly wound", i don't mean "tense" or otherwise uncomfortable, it's just that, for me, with damn near everybody else, you start with what you hear on the surface, and then you can both outward and inward. With Art Pepper,, I don't know how much you can go in either direction ("outward" for damn near anybody worth their salt, "inward" for those who have real substancemeat). But it's not monotonic either, there's a lot of detail (and oh BTW, is it just me, or was this cat one of the most in-tune alto players ever?), it's just....tightly wound. And these are fine, fine records, all five of them. I do gotta laugh at the liner notes, though. Ron Carter gets told to "lay out" until cued, and Ron Carter does the early-late 20th Century equivalent of checking his cell phone, knowing full and damn well that he can hit anybody's cue at anybody's time, and apparently that's causes a psychodrama . And apparently a psychodrama that carried over to the liner notes/track listings, but cause, oh, there IS that slow version of "Yesterdays" on here after all, and the personnel listing for all the various outtakes of that session is, uh, "erratic". So wow, Ron Carter could be aloof, maybe even vibe somebody. Wow, who knew? Dude plays on 50 bajillion records a week and checks his cell phone while waiting for a cue. LOL!!!! More speculative - it seems to me that "My Friend John" has it's roots, its basic formative roots, nothing more - in "All The Things You Are"? Certainly not a derivative or a contrafact, but between the opening variant on Bird's (Dizzy's?) Rachmaninoff -derived intro, to the first little bit of changes (after which it goes it's own way), anybody else hear that? Maybe it's just coincidence. It's a nice cone if it is! Reread the initial thread about this set, and people were on the fence about if they have the complete Galaxy set do I need this for the alternates and others were like well, I don't have the complete Galaxy set so maybe this is just right for me, and I'm kind of in the middle - I bought some of the Galaxy LPs back in the day, and other than getting the complete VV set (ELVIN!!!!!) that has been ok with me, enough for that. But this one is just right for me. I certainly like Pepper, but don't "lvove" him the way some people do. This box expands my existing AP collection without bulging it. Glad I bought it! Tightly wound - you ever see him on video from those later years? Especially at a gig? Squirrely as hell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted October 26, 2020 Report Share Posted October 26, 2020 Revisiting this excellent 4-CD Prestige anthology: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted October 26, 2020 Report Share Posted October 26, 2020 ... and on to disc 4 of this set, as accompaniment to the early parts of Ricky Riccardi’s new Armstrong book. I still recommend this one to people wanting to check out 1920s/30s Louis: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted November 1, 2020 Report Share Posted November 1, 2020 Played disc one to three this afternoon - some great Hawk here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OliverM Posted November 10, 2020 Report Share Posted November 10, 2020 Recent news on Keith Jarrett had me revisiting his Sun Bear series of live recordings in november 1976 in Japan. Beautifully edited boxset (I have it on LP). The box set is very wide ranging (and distinct from many other KJ projects). Just enjoyed Nagoya and Tokyo now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulpope Posted November 10, 2020 Report Share Posted November 10, 2020 5 hours ago, OliverM said: Recent news on Keith Jarrett had me revisiting his Sun Bear series of live recordings in november 1976 in Japan. Beautifully edited boxset (I have it on LP). The box set is very wide ranging (and distinct from many other KJ projects). Just enjoyed Nagoya and Tokyo now. Probably his finest hours .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted November 13, 2020 Report Share Posted November 13, 2020 (edited) A Jasmine set of V-discs (and one that thankfully excludes any commercial recordings that were repackaged for V-disc release; it uses only sessions recorded exclusively for V-discs as well as broadcasts): Edited November 13, 2020 by ghost of miles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted November 17, 2020 Report Share Posted November 17, 2020 Revisiting another excellent label-based box set from the Fantasy era: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ghost of miles Posted December 2, 2020 Report Share Posted December 2, 2020 8 hours ago, mikeweil said: Right now, this disc: ...from this box-set: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted December 2, 2020 Report Share Posted December 2, 2020 7 hours ago, ghost of miles said: Right now, this disc: I love the first track on this album! Harvey Mason delivers such a great groove. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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